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 FESTIVE FRIGHT-NIGHT LITE: 7.45pm Thursday 4th December
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 26-11-2025 19:29
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Remember the good old days? Remember 'The Good Old Days'? No, we’re not rewatching THAT cr*p. But, for one fright-night only, we’re rocking the Christmas clock back to the 1970s…rolling back the years to the classic era of ‘A Ghost Story for Christmas’...the BBC series that brought low-level spooky spectralness to Yuletide without putting Nanna off her snowball or leaving Weird Uncle Nobby hospitalised with a choked-on cheeseball and kept in overnight for observation. And because our Christmas cuppeth runneth overeth with Blue Nun and Black Tower, it’s a DOUBLE BILL!!!! First, ‘Lost Hearts’ – and what could be more Christmassy than a nut(ter) and some creepy kids? Plus a gratuitous name-check for Hermes Trismegistus! Joyeux Noël! Then, ‘The Signalman’ – reminding us NEVER to take for granted the smooth running of the rail network over the festive period. Bon Voyage! Keep the Harvey’s Bristol Cream, orange Matchmakers and big tin of Family Circle in easy reach! Personally, I’m sticking with the Quality Street and Top Deck shandy. I Wish It Could Be Rewatch Thursday Every Day! Link: https://archive.org/details/a-ghost-s...(1973).mkv Your lucky numbers are 4 and 7. |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 28-11-2025 08:31
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Just to dispel any fog of befuddlement - not to mention mist of misunderstanding or drizzle of doubt - this is an Official Terror Thursday (OTT) rewatch brought to you by Seeb E Productions in collaboration with the Organisation for Spooky Piffle (OSP). |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 01-12-2025 16:04
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I'm not expecting anything unexpected to happen this Thursday, so I should be here for the Festive Fright night lite. Unless, of course, I'm not.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 03-12-2025 11:02
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I'm not expecting anything unexpected to happen this Thursday, so I should be here for the Festive Fright night lite. Unless, of course, I'm not. Thanks for not making that unclear. I'm expectant - and possibly expectorant - with provisional expectation. This is an official Non-pinned Cold Thread, by the way. I did ask Virny to put a pin in it. But you might just as well talk to a brick wall. Albeit one she probably built herself. No, really. She does that sort of thing in her all-encompassing spare time. |
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 03-12-2025 11:21
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This had better be more 'frightening' than the stuff you claimed so much about last time. Most of it was just plain weird.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 03-12-2025 11:37
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This had better be more 'frightening' than the stuff you claimed so much about last time. Most of it was just plain weird. #Scary4SensitiveSoutherners #NotNightmarish4NuggetyNortherners #ModeratelyMoody4MedianMidlanders |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 03-12-2025 21:31
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I feel a 'not-going-to-be-impressed' vibe is building up. That should make it funnier. 
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Taiellin |
Posted on 04-12-2025 17:25
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Sorry, not going to be here this time. Have fun! |
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 04-12-2025 17:38
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I'm not going to be here either, I'm afraid - one of those tedious meetings (that REALLY could have been emails) has been ordained, and I must go out into the cold instead of staying at home with some entertainingly scary watching. |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:27
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Here I be, replete with trepidation. Nothing to do with the ghost stories. Hell hath very few furies like an unimpressed northerner. |
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:33
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Here I be, replete with trepidation. Nothing to do with the ghost stories. Hell hath very few furies like an unimpressed northerner. Everyone's a northerner from where you're sitting. "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:34
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So...who's feeling Christmassy, then? Who wants to feel a little LESS Christmassy? You've come to the right place! |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:35
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I just put the dvd in...up came the menu and some eerie humming started. I thought it was the dvd. But it wasn't...
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:36
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Here I be, replete with trepidation. Nothing to do with the ghost stories. Hell hath very few furies like an unimpressed northerner. Everyone's a northerner from where you're sitting. I don't want you spoiling it for everyone else. Not like you usually do. At the very least, pretend to be mildly entertained. |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:36
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So...who's feeling Christmassy, then? Who wants to feel a little LESS Christmassy? You've come to the right place! It's not crimbo if there's no ghost stories. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:37
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I just put the dvd in...up came the menu and some eerie humming started. I thought it was the dvd. But it wasn't... I regularly get the vicar round to exorcise my DVD player. |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:39
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Is it just the Unholy Trinity tonight? |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:39
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I just put the dvd in...up came the menu and some eerie humming started. I thought it was the dvd. But it wasn't... I regularly get the vicar round to exorcise my DVD player. If he came up to Stoke, he wouldn't know where to start. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:40
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Is it just the Unholy Trinity tonight? And that's just you. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:40
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I just put the dvd in...up came the menu and some eerie humming started. I thought it was the dvd. But it wasn't... I regularly get the vicar round to exorcise my DVD player. If he came up to Stoke, he wouldn't know where to start. I think I'd just send the entire General Synod up there. |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:41
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We can start bang on time then.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:42
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Are we all set? Has Virny got cold water on standby? |
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:42
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Speaking of starting, are we going to? Or wait for the proper time?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:43
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Are we all set? Has Virny got cold water on standby? She has got ectoplasm in a bucket next to her comfy chair. Mr Virn is in charge of the mop. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:43
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We can start bang on time then. No excuses. |
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:44
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Are we all set? Has Virny got cold water on standby? She has got ectoplasm in a bucket next to her comfy chair. Mr Virn is in charge of the mop. Wrong, but I do have a fan heater beside me and Mr Virn has brought me 3 chocolates. "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:44
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Are we all set? Has Virny got cold water on standby? She has got ectoplasm in a bucket next to her comfy chair. Mr Virn is in charge of the mop. That all actually sounds a lot scarier than anything we're going to see tonight. |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:45
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STARTED... |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:45
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Are we all set? Has Virny got cold water on standby? She has got ectoplasm in a bucket next to her comfy chair. Mr Virn is in charge of the mop. Wrong, but I do have a fan heater beside me and Mr Virn has brought me 3 chocolates. 3? Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:45
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“Are we there yet?” |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:46
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Those two kids will catch their death out there |
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:46
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'Is it much further?' - the olden days eqiuvalent of 'are we nearly there yet?'
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:46
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Excellent hats. Talk about Max Headroom. |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:47
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For the whole cast, OSP, we’ll be needing names, career highlights, shoe sizes & National Insurance numbers |
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:47
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I think I might have seen this before...
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:47
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Fancy being happy in a library. |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:48
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“I’m your cousin. Twice removed. By men in white coats” |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:48
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“Peregrine Abney is my name. But my friends call me Pezza.” |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:49
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For the whole cast, OSP, we’ll be needing names, career highlights, shoe sizes & National Insurance numbers Well, these 2 look familiar... Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-12-2025 19:49
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“You must eat heartily! Nuts ‘n’ crackers! That’s me, by the way. Not the meal.” |
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